Safety razor container



Feb. 9, 1937. w. WALLENTHIN SAFETY RAZORCONTAINER Original Filed July 13, 19:53-

w ih w lit Patented Feb. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Original application July 13, 1933, Serial No. 680,188. Divided and i this; application May 15, 1935, Serial No. 21,600

8 Claims.

' My invention relates to improvements in safety razors and containers therefor.

This application is a divisional application of my application, S. N. 680,188, filed July 13, 1933 for Safety razor and container therefor, now Patent No. 2,017,741, patented Oct. 15, 1935.

An object of my invention is to provide an improved type of safety razor and container therefor, which may be readily disassembled, packed in a container and carried around in the vest pocket. In order to attain this result I preferably provide a novel type of extensible handle member for the fiat safety razor and I preferably construct my improved container with a handle holding compartment and flat razor oompartment and so shape the container that it may compactly contain these disassembled elements of the safety razor and a plurality of spare razor blades therein in a neat and efiicient manner at the same time making the device readily capable of being carried in the pocket.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel type of extensible handle for safety razors, which may be telescopically compressed to a packing position and automatically extended when it is desired to use by mere operation of screwing the handle on the usual attaching lug on the guard means of the safety razor to provide a handle of the desired length for shaving therewith.

While I have shown in the drawing my invention applied to the type of safety razor having a plurality of aligned guard members compressing to a transversely concaved position a flexible safety razor blade and my invention is particularly designed to be used with such types of safety razors, it is obvious that it may be employed with any desired type of safety razor having a blade having a cutting edge and guard means preferably for each side of said blade.

A further feature of an improved embodiment of my invention is that I preferably construct the container out of resilient pressed material to move when in closed position to a position compactly resiliently retaining the safety razor, the handle and blades therein and adapted to move when opening to lift the handle out of its respective compartment to a readily accessible position for screwing on the safety razor base.

A further feature of my improved construction is that the handle may be screwed onto the guard member or safety razor base while the same is still lying in its respective compartment and when the handle member is thoroughly screwed on and extended the entire safety razor may be simply lifted out of its compartment in assembled form ready for use.

These and such other objects of my invention as may hereinafter appear will be best understood from a description of embodiments thereof such as are shown in the accompanying drawing applied to a flexible blade type of safety razor.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved safety razor container in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof in open position showing the safety razor handle, spare safety razor blades and flat safety razor in their respective compartments.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view generally similar to Fig. 2 with the handle member removed from its compartment, screwed onto its respective lug on the guard means of the safety razor and screwed to an extended position for use ready for removal from the container.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of my improved handle member in extended position.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an alternative form of cover member which may be employed with my invention.

In the drawing, wherein like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout, l0 generally indicates a standard type of safety razor. Said safety razor is provided with the usual guard means 12, safety razor blade l4 mounted thereon and the usual handle member l6 threadedly mounted on suitable lug means projecting upwardly from said guard member. While I have shown a threaded lug projecting upwardly from said guard member adapted to be screwed in a threaded hole in the lower end of the handle member, it is obvious that the handle member may have a threaded lug depending therefrom coacting with a threaded hole in the guard member without departing from the spirit of my invention, such being the ready and well known equivalent thereof.

While I have shown my invention applied to a standard well known type of safety razor having a lower guard member and an upper guard member, both enclosing a flexible razor blade and adapted when the handle is attached to the upstanding lug on the lower guard member to compress the safety razor blade 14 to a transversely concaved cutting position between said guard members, it is obvious that insofar as the features of my improved handle and container are concerned that any standard type of safety razor may be employed. In my preferred embodiment, however, I have shown my invention applied to the type of flexible safety razor heretofore referred to, which includes the flexible safety razor blade having the cutting edges l8 on each side thereof, a central lug hole 29 and two guide holes 22 on each side thereof longitudinally aligned with said central lug hole 20. The guard means 52 includes a transversely concaved upper guard member 28, preferably provided with the laterally projecting teeth 26 and having the central lug hole 28 therein and the guide holes 30 longitudinally aligned therewith as in the flex ible safety razor blade. The lower guard member 35 is also preferably transversely concaved and is provided with the externally threaded centrally upwardly projecting handle attaching lug 36 projecting upwardly through the aligned lug holes 28 and 28 in the razor blade and upper guard member respectively and the guide lugs 38 projecting upwardly on each side of said'handle attaching lugs through the aligned guide holes 22 and 3%] respectively in said razor blade and upper guard member. If desired, however, as hitherto explained any suitable type of guard means l2 may be employed adapted to hold the safety razor blade M having the cutting edge l8 thereon and provided with threaded means for detachable securement with threaded means on the razor blade handle.

As stated hitherto, I provide a novel type of extensible handle l6 so that the relatively movable lower handle member 45 and the preferably telescoping upper handle member 42 may be telescopically threadedly arranged relative to each other to move to an extended position for use in shaving and to a shortened position for use in packing in the container. The lower handle member 48 is provided with suitable threaded means for attachment to the threaded means on the guard means of the flat safety razor and in pref-erred embodiment is provided with the lower end dd internally threaded as at 36 to receive the threads of said handle attaching lug 3'5. lower handle member is adapted on threadng hereon to have the surface 38 of the lower end thereof abut .ie upper surface of said upper guard :nember E i and compress it downwardly against said lower guard member 35 to bend said flexible razor blade it to a transversely concaved cutting position. Said lower handle member 4?) is also provided with an enlarged upper end externally threaded as at 52. The upper handle member 42 is preferably hollow and is internally threaded as at 5% with threads of cooperating pitch with those on the upper end of the lower handle member to receive said threaded upper end 56 of said lower handle member. The lower end 58 of said upper handle member is preferably conically downwardly tapered to the periphery of the main portion of said lower handle member 40. It is thus apparent that both the lower handle member 30 and upper handle member 42 may be readily made on-a screw machine and after the threads 52 and 54 have been cut respectively on the respective portions of said respective handle members that the lower end 58 of said upper hande member may be inwardly bent for this purpose. The cooperating threads 52 and 54 of said lower handle member and upper handle member respectively are preferably of reverse pitch to that of said cooperating threads in said lower handle member and the handle at taching lug respectively and said threads 52 and 54 are preferably of relatively fast pitch so that on screwing thereof the upper handle member 42 may rapidly telescopically rise on said lower handle member 40, whereby on initial threaded.

engagement of said handle 16 with said handle attaching lug 36, said handle may be screwed onto said lug until the lower end 43 of said. handle abuts said upper guard member 24 and on further rotation thereof, said upper handle member 42 may rise rapidly on said lower handle member 40 until the lower portion 66 of the upper end 58 of said lower handle member becomes tightly bound within the tapered lower end .58 of said upper handle member. Where a flexible safety razor is employed it is obvious that on further rotation of said handle member it will rotate further on said handle attaching lug to compress the respective guard members 24 and 36 respectively to bend said flexible razor blade M to a transversely concaved cutting position, it being apparent that where other types of safety razors are employed that this concaving effect will not be produced.

As stated hitherto I provide in combination with my novel type of safety razor, an improved preferably fashioned pocket container 62 for said disassembled razor, preferably constructed of pressed resilient material, such as brass, steel, celluloid, etc. and comprising a fashioned base member 64 and a fashioned cover member 66 pivotally mounted thereon by means of the hinge 68. The base member 64 is shaped to form a front flat safety razor base holding compartment 76 having an inwardly projecting shelf '12 on one end thereof adapted to overlie said flat safety razor, a rear handle holding compartment 14 and a partition '16 pressed inwardly therein separating said compartments Hi and M and preferably provided with a supplemental wall 11 preferably integral with said shelf 12 for gripping the razor handle between the side walls of said compartment. The cover member 66 has the rear end thereof pivotally mounted on the rear end of said base member by the hinge 68 and is provided with means on the front end thereof to cooperate with latch means 18 on the front end of said base member to lock said cover to said base member, in the embodiment shown said latch means 18 comprising a lug adapted to bind against the resilient wall of said upper cover member. Said upper cover member is provided with a front compartment 80 for spare razor blades, which is provided with a shelf 82 projecting inwardly on the opposite end thereof from said razor base shelf 72 adapted to overlie the spare razor blades 84 and retain them in position within their compartment 8U. Said cover member is also provided with a rear safety razor handle compartment 96 and a partition 52 preferably pressed inwardly therein dividing said front compartment .80 from said rear compartment 96, whereby when in closed position said partitions l6 and 92 will closely bind said handle l6 between the side walls of its respective cooperating compartments M and in the base and cover members respectively and said shelf 12 overlying said safety razor l2 may abut the spare razor blades 84 in the opposite compartment to retain them compactly within their compartment 80 and said shelf 82 on the opposite end of said spare razor blade compartment may abut said safety razor guard to compactly retain it in its compartment and when said cover 66 is open, the side walls of the lower handle compartment I l may be bent outwardly by said hinge 68 to resiliently spring the handle I6 to an accessible position above its base compartment 6 74.

It is obvious that the rotating hinge sleeves 69 will abut the knurled periphery of the handle to rotate it into and out of its base compartment against the pressure of the wall 11.

I have shown in Fig. 5 an alternative type of cover member having a slightly different type of safety razor blade holding compartment 80. In this instance a spare safety razor blade container 94 is provided having an open end 96 and pivotally mounted on the front end of the spare safety razpr compartment 86 by the hinge 98. As shown in Fig. 5, when in open position the container 94 may be pivoted outwards so that the safety razor blades 84 may be removed therefrom. When moved to closed position the upper surface of said container 94 may act as a shelf to abut the end of the safety razor to retain it compactly within its respective compartment H1 in use.

It is obvious that when not in use the safety razor may be shut within its container and take up the compact position shown in Fig. 1 of a size small enough to be carried around in a vest pocket. When it is desired to use the safety razor the upper cover member 66 is pivoted outwardly to an open position and the handle member IE will be moved out of its respective compartment by the hinge sleeves, as explained to an accessible position. The safety razor base will lie in its respective compartment 10 and the spare safety razor blades 84 will lie in their respective compartment 80. The handle l6 may then be readily taken from its compartment and the lower end thereof threaded on the lug 36 until the lower end 48 thereof abuts the upper guard member, when on further rotation thereof the upper handle member 42 will slide telescopically outwards relative to the lower handle memher 4 until the lower end 60 abuts the conical portion 58 when it will become bound therein and the lower end thereof will then force the upper guard member downwardly against the lower guard member to bend the flexible safety razor blade into a concaved cutting position. It is obvious then that the safety razor may be withdrawn for use by merely lifting on the handle I6 and tilting one end of the razor upwards and then drawing the other end out laterally from below its respective shelf 12 to a position for use. In similar fashion my improved safety razor may be disassembled and packed within said container.

It is obvious therefore that I have provided a novel type of safety razor, including a readily extensible handle therefor which functions in combination with the novel container therefor to make a completely demountable type of safety razor which may be readily packed into a compact form for carrying around in the pocket.

It is understood that my invention is not limited to the specific embodiments shown and that various deviations may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: l. A fashioned pocket container for a disasmeans on the front end of said base member adapted to cooperate with latch means on said cover to lock said cover to said base member, a front compartment for spare razor blades having an inwardly projecting shelf on the opposite end from said razor shelf overlying said spare razor blades, a rear safety razor handle compartment and a partition pressed inwardly therein dividing said front compartment from said rear compartment, whereby when in closed position said partition may closely bind said handle within its respective compartments and said shelf overlying said safety razor may abut the spare razor blades in the opposite compartment to retain them compactly in the compartment and said shelf on the opposite end of said spare safety blade compartment may abut said safety razor to compactly retain it in its compartmentand when said cover is opened said handle may be resiliently forced to an accessible position above its base compart-.

ment.

2. A fashioned pocket container for a disassembled safety razor constructed of pressed material comprising a fashioned base member having a front safety razor holding compartment having an inwardly projecting shelf on one end thereof adapted to overlie said safety razor, a rear handle holding compartment and a partition separating said compartments and a cover member therefor having the rear end thereof pivotally mounted on the rear end of said base member and latch means on the front end thereof adapted to cooperate with latch means on the front end of said base member to lock said cover to said base member, a front compartment for spare razor blades having an inwardly projecting shelf on the opposite end from said razor shelf overlying said spare razor blades, a rear safety razor handle compartment and a partition dividing said front compartment from said rear compartment, whereby when in closed position, said shelf overlying said safety razor may abut the spare razor blades in the opposite compartment to retain them compactly in the compartment and said shelf on the opposite end of said spare safety blade compartment may abut said safety razor to compactly retain it in its compartment.

3. A fashioned pocket container for a disassembled safety razor constructed of pressed resilient material comprising a fashioned base member having a front safety razor holding compartment, a rear handle holding compartment and a partition pressed inwardly therein separating said compartments and a cover member therefor having the rear end thereof pivotally mounted on the rear end of said base member and latch means on the front end thereof adapted to cooperate with latch means on the front end of said base member to lock said cover to said base member, a front compartment for spare razor blades having a spare razor blade container having an open end pivotally mounted within said spare razor blade compartment, a rear safety razor handle compartment and a partition pressed inwardly therein dividing said front compartment from said rear compartment, whereby when in closed position said partition may closely bind said handle within its respective compartments and when said cover is opened said handle may be resiliently forced to an accessible position above its base compartment.

4. A fashioned pocket container for a disassembled safety razor constructed of pressed material comprising a fashioned base member having a front safety razor holding compartment, a

separating said compartments and a cover member therefor having the rear end thereof pivotally mounted on the rear end of said base member and latch means on the front end of said base member to lock said cover to said base member, a front compartment for spare razor blades, a rear safety razor handle compartment and a partition dividing said front compartment from said rear compartment.

5. A pocket container for disassembled safety razors comprising, a 'base member and a cover member pivotally mounted on said base member, said members having latch means to lock them together and shaped toform when in closed position a compartment for a safety razor handle and a combination compartment in one member for a flat safety razor and in the opposite member for spare razor blades and inwardly pressed partitions separating said compartments and means overlying the safety razor adapted to retain it therein and means on the opposite end of said compartment overlying said spare blades to retain them therein, said means each being adapted to respectively abut the opposite ends of the spare blades and flat safety razor to compactly retain them within said compartment.

6. In combination, a fashioned pocket container for a disassembled safety razor comprising a base member having a safety razor head holding compartment, a hemi-handle holding compartment,.a safety razor head in said safety razor head compartment, a telescopic safety razor handle extensible for shaving purposes in contracted position in said handle compartment, a cover for said container having a cooperating hemi-handle holding compartment and a spare razor blade holding compartment adapted to overlie said safety razor head compartment in closed position and means on opposite ends of said respective razor head and razor blade compartments to abut and fixedly hold the contents of the opposite compartment against rattling thereof when said container is in closed position.

'7. In combination, a fashioned pocket centainer for a disassembled safety razor comprising two similarly shaped halves similarly stamped from like material and hingedly connected together, one having a hemi-handle holding compartment and a safety razor head holding comrear handle holding compartment and a partition partment separated from said hemi-handle holding compartment by a wall at least partially shaped from the material of said half, said compartments comprising substantially the entire area of said half and the other half having a similarly disposed cooperating hemi-handle holding compartment and a similarly disposed cooperating spare razor blade holding compartment also separated by a wall at least partially shaped from the material of said half, said hemi-handle holding compartment and spare razor blade holding compartment being similarly arranged to be respectively opposite the hemi-handle holding compartment and razor blade head holding compartment of said first half when said pocket container is in closed position, a safety razor head in said head holding compartment and spare razor blades in said spare razor blade holding compartment adapted to substantially abut each other when in closed position to prevent rattling thereof and a telescopic safety razor handle extensible for shaving purposes in contracted position, occupying in closed position substantially the entire hemi-handle holding compartments of each half.

8. A fashioned pocket container for a disassembled safety razor comprising two similarly shaped halves similarly stamped from like material and hingedly connected together, one having a hemi-handle holding compartment and safety razor head holding compartment separated from said hemi-handle holding compartment by a Wall at least partially shaped from the material of said half, said compartments comprising substantially the entire area of said half and the other half having a similarly disposed cooperating hemi-handle holding compartment and a similarly disposed cooperating spare razor blade holding compartment also separated by a wall at least partially shaped from the material of said half, said compartments also comprising substantially the entire area of said half, said hemi-handle holding compartment and space razor blade holding compartment being similarly arranged to be respectively opposite the hemihandle holding compartment and razor blade head holding compartment of said front half when said pocket container is in closed position.

'WALFRID WALLENTHIN. 

